WHY DID CHRISTIANITY TURN ITS BACK
ON VAST CHRISTIAN WRITINGS?
John Stone
Christianity-Revealed.com has identified at least 92 Christian writings/books which were deliberately left out of the New Testament? Why?
Perhaps they told that Jesus was just a simple man, an observant Jew. OR perhaps, all those writings did not agree with what the early church fathers wanted their new religion to be and the masses to believe.
Think about it! Just who were those early church fathers who created the Christian bible? Who exactly taught the Early Church Fathers? What were they taught? They could not read the Hebrew Bible.
What you do know about them is they were once dedicated to pagan mythology; that they canonized ― carried over their concepts of pagan myths ― these views into the writings of the Christian bible. And, until the invention of the printing press 1, no one outside of the church was permitted to have a bible, to read or study it. For almost 1,500 years the church was a monopoly; serving to brainwash the minds of their sheeple as to what their god ― Invisible Man in the Sky ― was supposedly all about!
Your Christian Bible is composed of 27 books of which 48% are by one writer, known as Paul? Why? Because that was the theology the Church wanted to implement! Christianity is not about the Jesus (god incarnate) character's religion; it is a created religion about Jesus―it is Pauline Christology.
Christianity has divided your bible into three categories:
· Historical Books – Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts
· Pauline Epistles – Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians. 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon
· Non-Pauline Epistles – Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, Revelation
The 92 books that are identified below were totally rejected by the early church fathers from their "official" (canonized) bible. They may be grouped into four categories: 1. Gospels; 2. Acts; 3. Writings and 3. Apocalypses. Some may wonder why we did not include Gnostic writings in the list below; because these sects were not really Christian.
NON-CANONICAL GOSPELS
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas: Greek Text A
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas: Greek Text B
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas: Latin Text
5th Century Compilation of Thomas Texts
An Arabic Infancy Gospel
The Gospel of the Hebrews
The Gospel of James
The Gospel of the Nativity of Mary
The Gospel of Mary of Bethany
The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
The Gospel of Nicodemos (Acts of Pilate)
The Gospel of Bartholomew
The Gospel of Peter
The Gospel of Thomas
The Gospel of Philip
The Gospel of the Lord-by Marcion
The Secret Gospel of Mark
NON-CANONICAL ACTS
The Acts of Andrew
The Acts and Martyrdom of Andrew
The Acts of Andrew and Matthew
The Acts of Barnabas
Martyrdom of Bartholomew
The Acts of John
The Mystery of the Cross: Excerpt from the Acts of John
The Acts of John the Theologian
The History of Joseph the Carpenter
The Book of John on the Death of Mary
The Passing of Mary
The Acts and Martyrdom of Matthew
The Martyrdom of Matthew
The Acts of Paul
The Acts of Paul and Thecla
The Acts of Peter
The Acts of Peter and Andrew
The Acts of Peter and Paul
The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles
The Acts of Philip
The Report of Pontius Pilate to Tiberius
The Giving Up of Pontius Pilate
The Death of Pilate
The Acts of Thaddaeus
The Acts of Thomas
The Narrative of Joseph of Arimathaea
The Book of Thomas the Contender
The Consummation of Thomas
WRITINGS (NON-CANONICAL EPISTLES AND MISCELLANY)
Community Rule
The Apocryphon of James
The Correspondence of Jesus and Abgar
The Sophia of Jesus Christ
The Apocryphon of John
The Narrative of Joseph of Arimathaea
The Epistle to the Laodiceans
The Correspondence of Paul and Seneca
The Prayer of the Apostle Paul
Excerpts from Pistis Sophia
The Avenging of the Saviour
The Three Steles of Seth
The Book of Thomas the Contender
The Teachings of Addeus the Apostle
The Epistle of the Apostles
John the Evangelist
The Epistle to the Laodiceans
The Letter of Barnabus
The Letter of Peter to Philip
The Letter of Pontius Pilate to the Emperor
The Report of Pilate to Caesar
The Report of Pilate to Tiberius
The Shepherd of Hermes
APOCALYPSES
The Apocalypse of Adam
The Revelation of Esdras
The First Apocalypse of James
The Second Apocalypse of James
The Revelation of John the Theologian
The Revelation of Moses
The Acts and Martyrdom of Matthew
The Martyrdom of Matthew
The Acts of Paul
The Acts of Paul and Thecla
The Acts of Peter
The Acts of Peter and Andrew
The Acts of Peter and Paul
The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles
The Acts of Philip
The Report of Pontius Pilate to Tiberius
The Giving Up of Pontius Pilate
The Death of Pilate
The Acts of Thaddaeus
The Acts of Thomas
The Narrative of Joseph of Arimathaea
The Book of Thomas the Contender
The Consummation of Thomas
Footnotes:
1. Johann Gutenberg in c1450. The Gutenberg Bible, known also as the Mazarin Bible and the 42-Line Bible, Latin edition of the Bible, printed at Mainz, Germany, about 1456. The edition may have been finished and perfected by Johann Fust, a wealthy financier who gained Gutenberg's share of the business in a lawsuit; and Peter Schöffer, Gutenberg's assistant.
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